Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
Civilization:Indus River Valley
Name:Scott Riley
Theme
How does this theme apply to your civilization?
Agricultural and pastoral production
The Harappa society was a civilization that relied on a system of agricultural means to make a successful economy.
Through agricalture they got enough food to allow them to have other people with special jobs.
Trade and Commerce
The Harappa society engaged in trade, both domestic and foriegn. For example they traded pottery, tools, and decorative items all around the Indus Valley.
They had e two major trade routes between them and the Mesopotamians and the Egyptians.
Labor Systems
The way that the jobs were given out was in a way of the rich got the best jobs that required the least amount of work while the poor got the labor intensive jobs.
Industrialization
The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were so advanced that the builders there were able to build everything to a certain weight and size.
Capitalism and socialism
It is thought that Harappan cities were economic and political centers for their own regions.
Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
Civilization:Indus River Valley
Name:Scott Riley